@Dave Angel

The above post about aftermarket wheels is nothing to do with 'caps'.

It's about the mounting face of the nut.

OEM wheels require a flat face mount, most aftermarket wheels require a tapered mount.

Pistons have compression rings AND oil control rings.

They do different jobs.

I have been restoring my 2 lately and I'm nearing the end but I burn oil and sometimes hear an odd engine noise so I thought I'd try a compression test.

All of my results were between 200 and 204 psi I've not seen readings this high before what are people's thoughts? I was using a new pressure tester, accelerator fully pressed

Could this be so good it's bad?

More fuel in.
Primed the turbo and attached it.

No dice.

Tomorrow I'll remove the turbo again and get hot air and then try again.

Quote from: steveash on April 23, 2024, 09:07Mtec sell some on eBay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284898392568

I can't vouch for quality but their brake disks are popular and I've had no problems with them.

By the way, if you are using after market wheels you might need to change your wheel nuts to the tapered type rather than the stock Toyota flat shouldered ones.

Thanks for the reply - they look the best option at the moment for size - will use my mate's press to avoid stetching where poss as well.

Noted on the wheel nuts - actually by original I meant the ones that came with the wheels so good to fit. Do have a 'cap' though so would need open ended ones if I was to use longer studs....

Quote from: Carolyn on April 23, 2024, 13:41I think you need to prime the turbo and its hoses with coolant, making sure they are full.  Then connect it into the rest of the system.

I will try that. I meant to when i just tried again, but for whatever reason didn't... must admit I've had enough of coolant for a loooong time..

I think you need to prime the turbo and its hoses with coolant, making sure they are full.  Then connect it into the rest of the system.

Sooooo...

I tested the turbo coolant lines, basically poured coolant down one end and managed to get stuff out the other.

I HAD nice heat coming out from the heaters... I then took off the coolant by the engine and attached one end of the turbo. Nothing came out after quite a bit of waiting... laid it on the side and revved the engine, still nothing! Tried using the other pipe instead, and same story... and back to cold air in the heater.

Something might be wrong with my coolant lines, looks like I'll need to take them off again... not sure really!

Next mini update...

So with the wrapping idea falling on its arse what was the next plan? Well one Thursday night I was scrolling Facebook market place and found what looked like a nice Black MR2 needing a few bits doing to it that was 3 miles down the road. Needless to say at 8am the next day I was looking round it and two days later it was back on my drive!

So the plan is to take all the black panels off (Have always liked the cars in Black), switch them onto mine, then I'll paint the hardtop, door shuts, engine bay etc to match. Then either keep the other shell as a spare or maybe for a future race car.

The new car;







Then starting to switch the panels over, I was really pleased at how clean from rust the car is!







How its sat now, Looking forward to having the rest of the panels on at the weekend, super excited about it as I have always not really liked the silver .






Many thanks

Dan

Quote from: thetyrant on April 23, 2024, 10:56Turbo coolant flow is not directional just make sure there is coolant flow both through turbo core and the pipes to/from it, maybe its blocked up! or there was big airlock in there.

Have you connected it exactly as the TTE instructions ? do you have a picture of how you had it ?


 Once you get system bled without it you (after checking turbo has got flow) connect it back in but do the coolant line from engine to turbo first and let it push coolant through, when coolant comes out the turbo exit pipe connect that back to main system, shouldnt take much bleeding after that, on mine once i never had to bleed it after connecting turbo in must of burped itself, but 2nd time i did need to.

 

Excellent guidance thank you!

Yes I connected it exactly as per TTE guidance. I'm going to try and push liquid though today to make sure it can flow properly, it's possible that this is an area where there is some sort of blockage..

Thank you again @Carolyn & @thetyrant !